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  Paradise? Was it?

  by TerryWalstrom in

  1. watchtower
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  paradisewas it really paradise to be in paradise?adam and eve never were held by a mother, never cuddled and sung to with a lullaby nor nursed or coddled with tenderness or any human familial embrace.

  the first humans (adam and eve) never learned to toddle surrounded by brothers, sisters, aunts and uncles and grandparents cheering them on.

  the entire experience of childhood was excised surgically like a trauma patient awakening from an accident with amnesia.adam and eve were never in a neighborhood with other kids forming friendship bonds for life and exchanging dreams and hopes for a future they were building in their community.

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  TerryWalstrom

  Things we accept as absolute are never thought of analytically again.
  Think of it like currency. We are handed a $20 and pocket it without a care.
  Counterfeit?
  Um, gosh--I never thought to check!
  "Fool me once--shame on you, etc."
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  Interesting conversation with JW friend

  by Jules Saturn in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i was withh a friend of mine who is a jw still and for whatever reason we started talking the bible.

  i asked him about lazarus and how is that when he died he paid the price of sin, but then jesus resurrected him.

  and i asked him "where is lazarus today?

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  TerryWalstrom

  None of the Witnesses are big "thinkers" because it is done on their behalf.
  Jehovah pours "Truth" in one end of the pipe and it comes out the GB pipeline on the other end.
  Except-- it is never exactly the same--because, if it were, it would never need adjusting or brightening.
  The same is true of Bible stories which, by accretions in the retelling, grew ever more miraculous beyond any rational basis. After all, think how much hyperbole is contained in the simple words:
  

  John 21:25New King James Version (NKJV)

  25 And there are also many other things that Jesus did, which if they were written one by one, I suppose that even the world itself could not contain the books that would be written. Amen.
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  Leah Remini Scientology series might tackle Jehovah's Witnesses in season 3

  by jp1692 in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  i've seen comments by some on leah's expose on scientology: aftermath.

  she actually won an emmy for this show.

  rumor is that she might take on jehovah's witnesses in season 3. .

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  TerryWalstrom

  From an "insider":
  "A&E has been attacked legally so badly by Scientology that they held off writing the first check for our JW series because of fear of JW litigation..."
  
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  Paradise? Was it?

  by TerryWalstrom in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  paradisewas it really paradise to be in paradise?adam and eve never were held by a mother, never cuddled and sung to with a lullaby nor nursed or coddled with tenderness or any human familial embrace.

  the first humans (adam and eve) never learned to toddle surrounded by brothers, sisters, aunts and uncles and grandparents cheering them on.

  the entire experience of childhood was excised surgically like a trauma patient awakening from an accident with amnesia.adam and eve were never in a neighborhood with other kids forming friendship bonds for life and exchanging dreams and hopes for a future they were building in their community.

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  TerryWalstrom

  Once we accept and believe anything, we don't actually THINK about it any longer

  from a critical or analytical aspect. We move the "as is" around this way and that as a "given."
  Taking a step back, as though just presented with information, with fresh eyes as it were, we are likely to astonish ourselves with what suddenly looms menacingly to shake us away from unquestioning acceptance.
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  Paradise? Was it?

  by TerryWalstrom in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  paradisewas it really paradise to be in paradise?adam and eve never were held by a mother, never cuddled and sung to with a lullaby nor nursed or coddled with tenderness or any human familial embrace.

  the first humans (adam and eve) never learned to toddle surrounded by brothers, sisters, aunts and uncles and grandparents cheering them on.

  the entire experience of childhood was excised surgically like a trauma patient awakening from an accident with amnesia.adam and eve were never in a neighborhood with other kids forming friendship bonds for life and exchanging dreams and hopes for a future they were building in their community.

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  TerryWalstrom

  PARADISE
  
  Was it really paradise to be in paradise?
  
  Adam and Eve never were held by a mother, never cuddled and sung to with a lullaby nor nursed or coddled with tenderness or any human familial embrace. None at all.
  
  The first humans (Adam and Eve) never learned to toddle surrounded by brothers, sisters, aunts and uncles and grandparents cheering them on. The entire experience of childhood was excised surgically like a trauma patient awakening from an accident with amnesia.
  
  Adam and Eve were never in a neighborhood with other kids forming friendship bonds for life and exchanging dreams and hopes for a future they were building in their community. There was no playing with dolls wither friends, no trips to the beach or picnics with school chums. Hell--there was no kindergarten, elementary school, Jr. High proms, dances, football games or ballet lessons.
  
  Adam and Eve didn't learn nursery rhymes or sit in their Daddy's lap and read bedtime stories or get tucked in and kissed goodnight.
  
  Adam woke up naked and stranded among animals with no companion and only invisible voices directing him.
  
  Like a blind man in social darkness completely deprived of human touch.
  
  He did not grow up among little girls or lovely teens or older women in a natural life cycle of beauty and age.
  
  He never saw his Mommy kiss his Daddy. THERE WAS NO MOMMY. Daddy was invisible.
  
  What love might mean between people was never modeled in front of his eyes.
  
  He did not select a choice of mates among many nor enjoy the attention of those vying for his notice.
  
  Adam was surgically anesthetized and his own body rummaged for spare parts.
  
  He awoke to the only human he'd ever seen: Eve. Obviously a clone (i.e. also a man if you follow science :)
  
  What being a man or women IS naturally follows from the experience acquired as an infant, toddler, teen, young adult and such.
  
  The first "marriage" (where was the ceremony recorded?) was an arranged mating with no choice involved and certainly no selection. Adam "chose" his own rib to marry! Yipes.
  
  How is this being HUMAN at all?
  
  Is it any wonder their first and most important choices were dysfunctional?
  
  I mean: really? Is this PARADISE or a ridiculous fantasy story passed down from primitive minds?
  
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  Conversation with an Exorcist

  by TerryWalstrom in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  starbucks exorcist______________.

  location exterior : the patio of starbuckstime: 9 amcast:lou : media / news analyst, religious fundamentalistterry: gadfly, writer /crow apologist, big mouth know-it-alledgar the crow: spawn of satan________________.

  our scene begins with two men at separate tables working on their laptops.lou is a man of about 60. he recently moved from new york to texas to start his own videography business.

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  I wonder what happened to that guy? He certainly hasn't returned to the previous location. I should check and see if he's uploaded any new videos to YouTube.
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  My First Job before Armageddon (1975)

  by TerryWalstrom in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  my first job before armageddonprologue: i left texas in 1974 and headed west to california to search for a job as an artist.

  i didn't want to spend the rest of my life toiling for minimum wage as a janitor jehovah's witness.it was the year before 1975. as a jw, that should be a scary year.

  not for me!i was determined to escape from all the influences of crazy people and to start living a real life.and now the story begins...______he was a tall man with a full and kinky black beard, glasses, and pretentious poseur pipe.. his name was jim rakey (rhymes with "flakey") and he belonged to a cult dedicated to the eternal truth: atlantis (the lost continent) would rise again from the sea as the enlightened government for all the world.

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  TerryWalstrom

  "Do you feel lucky? Well--do ya, punk?"
  
  
  
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  What actually happened AFTER Jesus zoomed up into the clouds and disappeared?

  by TerryWalstrom in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  what happened after jesus zoomed up into the sky?for a while, he was expected to return rather quickly.in the meantime, there was the “great commission” and evangelism to be tended to.. the jesus believers were meeting in people's homes.

  members of that community would take turns using private homes to gather.

  thus, they went house to house.. these footstep tracers of jesus (they called themselves akolouthontes "followers" or some called themselves mathetai or "learners.

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  TerryWalstrom

  The investigation launched by Papias indicates if nothing else, those who were eye and ear witnesses didn't have their stories straight. Or--if they did have their stories straight, those who passed along a corrupt version differed substantially from each other. Be that as it may, it didn't take long for definite factions to militate against one another's opinions, stories, interpretations, beliefs, and doctrines to the point it was deadly, chaotic and subsequently necessary for Superior Authority to step in and demand some document of agreement (Apostle's Creed.)
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  What actually happened AFTER Jesus zoomed up into the clouds and disappeared?

  by TerryWalstrom in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  what happened after jesus zoomed up into the sky?for a while, he was expected to return rather quickly.in the meantime, there was the “great commission” and evangelism to be tended to.. the jesus believers were meeting in people's homes.

  members of that community would take turns using private homes to gather.

  thus, they went house to house.. these footstep tracers of jesus (they called themselves akolouthontes "followers" or some called themselves mathetai or "learners.

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  TerryWalstrom

  I'd forgotten about how weird the JW resurrection doctrine really is; thanks for reminding me :)
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  My First Job before Armageddon (1975)

  by TerryWalstrom in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  my first job before armageddonprologue: i left texas in 1974 and headed west to california to search for a job as an artist.

  i didn't want to spend the rest of my life toiling for minimum wage as a janitor jehovah's witness.it was the year before 1975. as a jw, that should be a scary year.

  not for me!i was determined to escape from all the influences of crazy people and to start living a real life.and now the story begins...______he was a tall man with a full and kinky black beard, glasses, and pretentious poseur pipe.. his name was jim rakey (rhymes with "flakey") and he belonged to a cult dedicated to the eternal truth: atlantis (the lost continent) would rise again from the sea as the enlightened government for all the world.

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  TerryWalstrom

  Yes, when I was in my late twenties and thirties, all I ever heard was, "You look like Clint Eastwood." We're both six feet four inches tall. I had way too much fluffy hair, but so did he from about the time of Play Misty for Me.
  
  It proved to be an advantage with the ladies, I must say.